Penn Valley vs Rough and Ready

A side-by-side comparison of Penn Valley and Rough and Ready: population, income, housing, and more.

Penn Valley and Rough and Ready are places in California. This page compares them across population, income, housing, education, commuting, and how each has changed since 2019.

Penn Valley has the higher population (1,197 vs 659 in Rough and Ready). Rough and Ready has the higher median household income ($100,417 vs $62,966 in Penn Valley). Rough and Ready has the higher median home value ($659,900 vs $530,100 in Penn Valley).

Population, income & housing

	Penn Valley	Rough and Ready
Population	1,197	659
Median age	52.7 yrs	54.8 yrs
Median household income	$62,966	$100,417
Median home value	$530,100	$659,900
Median gross rent	$1,608	$1,098
Housing units	650	484
Homeownership rate	63.9%	77.2%
Bachelor's degree or higher	17.8%	37.2%
Unemployment rate	0.0%	3.9%

Trends (ACS 5-year, 2019–2023)

	Penn Valley	Rough and Ready
Population	1,341 → 1,197 (-10.7%)	499 → 659 (+32.1%)
Median household income	$42,904 → $62,966 (+46.8%)	—
Median home value	$315,200 → $530,100 (+68.2%)	$292,300 → $659,900 (+125.8%)
Median gross rent	$1,279 → $1,608 (+25.7%)	$807 → $1,098 (+36.1%)

Penn Valley

Population

1,3411,197

Median household income

$42,904$62,966

Median home value

$315,200$530,100

Median gross rent

$1,279$1,608

Rough and Ready

Population

499659

Median home value

$292,300$659,900

Median gross rent

$807$1,098

Age & race/ethnicity

Age distribution (share)

	Penn Valley	Rough and Ready
Under 5	3.3%	0.0%
5 to 17	7.9%	24.1%
18 to 24	0.0%	0.0%
25 to 34	16.4%	0.0%
35 to 44	19.3%	12.0%
45 to 54	3.3%	15.5%
55 to 64	14.3%	15.0%
65 to 74	21.8%	11.4%
75 and over	13.6%	22.0%

Race & ethnicity (share)

	Penn Valley	Rough and Ready
White (non-Hispanic)	80.1%	100.0%
Black or African American	0.0%	0.0%
American Indian & Alaska Native	0.0%	0.0%
Asian	0.0%	0.0%
Native Hawaiian & Pacific Islander	0.0%	0.0%
Some other race	0.0%	0.0%
Two or more races	9.3%	0.0%
Hispanic or Latino	10.6%	0.0%

Educational attainment (age 25+)

Share of adults 25+

	Penn Valley	Rough and Ready
No high school diploma	6.8%	4.4%
High school graduate	21.2%	20.8%
Some college or associate's	54.2%	37.6%
Bachelor's degree	16.0%	28.4%
Graduate or professional degree	1.8%	8.8%

Commute to work

How workers get to work (share)

	Penn Valley	Rough and Ready
Drove alone	87.5%	50.0%
Carpooled	12.0%	32.8%
Public transit	0.0%	0.0%
Walked	0.6%	0.0%
Bicycle	0.0%	0.0%
Worked from home	0.0%	17.2%
Other means	0.0%	0.0%

Housing

Units in structure (share)

	Penn Valley	Rough and Ready
1-unit, detached	58.6%	72.5%
1-unit, attached	2.2%	7.6%
2 to 4 units	10.5%	0.0%
5 to 19 units	0.0%	0.0%
20 or more units	0.0%	0.0%
Mobile home & other	28.8%	19.8%

Poverty & households

	Penn Valley	Rough and Ready
Poverty rate	11.9%	1.2%
Average household size	2.20	2.47
Mean commute (minutes)	57	—
Median year structure built	1977	1983